Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Roncadeira Pegmatite, Nova Palmeira, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil

Oldest recorded age at locality: 520
Youngest recorded age at locality: 520

mindat Locality ID: 190747
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-190747.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Roncadeira Pegmatite, Nova Palmeira, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 6°40'32"S
Longitude: 36°28'4"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): -6.6755555555556,-36.467777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Beryl	Clay	Columbite	Feldspar	Garnet	Mica	None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Tapiolite	Zircon

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Cordierite ()*	Ferrowodginite ()*	Gahnite ()*	Ixiolite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Spessartine ()*	Tantalite-(Fe) ()*
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Wodginite ()*	Zircon ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Be Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Si Sn Ta Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe H K Mg Mn Na Nb O Si Sn Ta Ti Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Columbite Feldspar Garnet Mica None Not in a structural group Olivine Quartz
Rutile Spinel Tapiolite Zircon

18 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	520	520	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	520	520	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	520	520	5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	520	520	321
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	520	520	518
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	520	520	1008
Ferrowodginite ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	520	520	16
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	520	520	445
Ixiolite ()*	Columbite	(Ta_2/3Mn²⁺_1/3)O₂	520	520	148
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	520	520	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	520	520	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	520	520	5614
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	520	520	1516
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	520	520	1214
Tantalite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	99
Tapiolite-(Fe) ()*	Tapiolite	Fe²⁺Ta₂O₆	520	520	88
Wodginite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Sn⁴⁺Ta₂O₈	520	520	78
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	520	520	5251

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Grew_Li_2019_0015	520	520	520							Yes		Colquiriite		444	Serra Branca Pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema Mineral Province, Paraíba, Brazil	Serra Branca pegmatite, Pedra Lavrada, Borborema mineral province, Paraiba, Brazil	Beurlen et al. (2014)	10.1016/j.jsames.2014.08.007	JSAES56_110

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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